Pierre
DUFOUR dit BONVIVANT
(b.
14 June 1711
,
St-Malo, lle-et-Vilaine, France
d.
15 December 1766
,
Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Pierre DUFOUR dit BONVIVANT was born 14 June 1711 in St-Malo, lle-et-Vilaine, France
Pierre DUFOUR dit BONVIVANT was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Charlotte GLORIA 17 June 1737 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte GLORIA was born 3 April 1721 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Charlotte died 14 November 1766 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Charlotte was the child of Antoine GLORIA dit DESROCHERS and Charlotte AUGER.
Pierre DUFOUR dit BONVIVANT died 15 December 1766 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Pierre appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name?
When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated.
The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.
Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)
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